Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (9/20/23)

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The Quotes of The Day

Quote I
“We apply the same laws for everyone. Our job is to pursue justice without fear or favor. Our job is not to do what is politically convenient. Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress or from anyone else about who or what we criminally investigate.” US Attorney General Merrick Garland

What actor's strike. That Son of a Bitch said that with a straight face. The actors are in DC and not LA.

Quote II
“Always do what’s right and long-term smart, regardless of conventional wisdom,” Roark Capital, and its founder and managing partner, Neal Aronson.

Quote III
"It's tough. My kids rankings are tough. It's a serious run right now, it really is." Former NFL player and current U of CO FB Coach, Deion Sanders

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SMOD with a catch.

Will an asteroid change life on Earth as we know it in just 159 years?
That’s the fear NASA scientists have, and the situation sounds like it’s straight out of the movie “Armageddon.”
Scientists at the organization believe a huge asteroid known as Bennu could take out an area the size of Texas in the year 2182,” according to the New York Post.
The Post reported, “On September 25, 2135, Bennu will make a close fly-by past Earth and has a miniscule chance through a pass through a “gravitational keyhole” that would send the space rock on a collision course for the planet in 2182 — 159 years from now.”

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Talk like a penguin?

Scientists Working in Antarctica Unwittingly Started to Develop a New Accent
The distinctiveness of the accent heard in a place reflects that place’s isolation. It’s probably no coincidence that, as almost every place in the world has become less isolated, accents have become less distinctive. In these days of vanishing forms of regional speech, if you wanted to hear a new one coming into being, you’d have to go to the ends of the Earth — or one specific end of the Earth, anyway, as demonstrated not long ago by researchers from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Taking and analyzing recordings made over the course of one winter, they discovered that a new accent has begun to take shape in English as spoken in Antarctica.

Chattering while speaking is not an accent.

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Slow day? ONT filler? You be the judge.

‘I finally realized why.’ A Flight Attendant Talked About Why Drinks Like Ginger Ale Taste Better on Planes

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Median voter theorem, again

Sweden looks set to miss its legislated climate targets, the latest sign of how combating global warming is slipping down the policy agenda.
The nation — the first globally to set a milestone target for net zero emissions — won’t reach that goal for 2045 with current measures, according to the center-right government’s 2024 budget submitted on Wednesday. It cited the tough economic climate along with a plunging krona, expecting to also fall short on other targets for protecting the environment.

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What a web that was weaved.

A true crime book writer from Lincoln, Nebraska, working on a project about the 2017 dismemberment murder of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe allegedly developed a “romantic interest” with the Tinder killer inmate responsible for the horrific crime and extorted a corrections nurse at his behest before he was even sentenced to death row.

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Chipmunk Emporium

On 21 Sep 1971
The first edition of the new BBC TV music show 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' was aired. Presented by Richard Williams, the show included; film clips of Jimi Hendrix from Monterey Festival playing 'Wild Thing', Bob Dylan playing 'Maggies Farm', plus America and Lesley Duncan 'live' in the studio. The influential show went on to enjoy a run from 1971 to 1987. According to presenter Bob Harris, the programme derived its name from a Tin Pan Alley phrase from years before. When they got the first pressing of a record they would play it to people they called the old greys—doormen in grey suits. The songs they could remember and whistle, having heard it just once or twice, had passed the old grey whistle test. via thisdayinmusic.com

Interesting tidbit of history there. I did not know that about the show.

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On this day: September 20, 1973 - Jim Croce
On his way to perform his second concert of the day, US singer, songwriter Jim Croce was killed with five others when his chartered aircraft hit a tree on take off in Louisiana. via thisdayinmusic.com

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I'm not sure if the following story qualifies for Genius Award Winning worthy. But it is interesting.

Shocking moment group of male Brazilian medical students perform group masturbation on women's volleyball court after their college's team beat their rivals
Male members of the Santo Amaro University futsal team stormed a volleyball court and exposed their genitals after their school's women's team won a match
The incident took place in April following a tournament championship win at São Camilo University, but footage was made public for the first time Sunday

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Florida Man attempts to become Michigan Man. It doesn't work out well. Genius Award Winner.

SAULT STE. MARIE, MI -- A 39-year-old Florida man was arraigned on multiple felony charges Monday, after he allegedly set multiple Michigan State Police vehicles on fire and shot at them with a rifle. According to the MSP, James Itani was arraigned in 91st District Court on charges of one count of terrorism, one count of third-degree arson, 11 counts of assault with intent to murder and multiple counts of weapons violations.

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Maybe the puppeh should be called Fatty McFat-Fat. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Firefighters in British Columbia came to the rescue of a dog named Lucky who found himself in the unlucky position of being stranded on a roof.
The Victoria Fire Department said the Ladder 1 crew responded to a call about an animal in distress in the Oaklands area and arrived to find a dog stranded on the roof of a home.

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Notice: Posted with permission by the Ace Media Empire & AceCorp, LLC. The ONT often imitated never duplicated or replicated. Thanks to you Morons.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:30 PM

Comments

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1 Early ONT?

Posted by: Flyguy at September 20, 2023 09:30 PM (OYxA4)

2 Well this is early!

Posted by: Van Down By The River at September 20, 2023 09:32 PM (62bN5)

3 Hi Horde!

Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 09:32 PM (n3DL0)

4 Good evening everyone.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2023 09:32 PM (63An5)

5 Beautiful.

Posted by: Eromero at September 20, 2023 09:32 PM (NxC5+)

6
[checks watch]

Must be the changing season

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 20, 2023 09:33 PM (VBte1)

7 Hi, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 20, 2023 09:33 PM (xTRSc)

8 Hey there, Mis Hum

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:33 PM (oYEbH)

9 [checks watch]

Must be the changing season
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 20, 2023 09:33 PM

Duck season or wabbit season?

Posted by: Flyguy at September 20, 2023 09:34 PM (OYxA4)

10 Hi Horde!
Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 09:32 PM (n3DL0)

Iris! Hello!!

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:35 PM (oYEbH)

11 Shocking moment group of male Brazilian medical students perform group masturbation on women's volleyball court after their college's team beat their rivals
Male members of the Santo Amaro University futsal team stormed a volleyball court and exposed their genitals after their school's women's team won a match

The incident took place in April following a tournament championship win at São Camilo University, but footage . . .

The Paolo is, how you say, impressed with this display of machismo.

Posted by: The Paolo at September 20, 2023 09:36 PM (63An5)

12 Yay! ONT! Thanks, Mis Hum!

Time in a Bottle is a special song. *Sigh*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2023 09:36 PM (Zb5iS)

13 Howdy, Doof! So you are going pro? (pickleball) :-)

Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 09:36 PM (n3DL0)

14 Evenin', y'all.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 20, 2023 09:37 PM (aBJcM)

15 Evening.

ONT's early tonight.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 09:38 PM (Z/KE7)

16 "their college's team beat their rivals"

There's too much beating going on there.

Posted by: fd at September 20, 2023 09:38 PM (vFG9F)

17 Good Evening

Posted by: GL at September 20, 2023 09:39 PM (5fDan)

18 Howdy, Doof! So you are going pro? (pickleball) :-)
Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 09:36 PM (n3DL0)

Long way to go for that!! Probably too old to go pro - but I'm working toward becoming a certified instructor. Could be a nice side gig if I pass the written exam and skills test.

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:39 PM (oYEbH)

19 Mis Hum, thank you for all you do and I hope your recovery is accelerating.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2023 09:39 PM (dAQol)

20 Wow early ONT! Thanks MisHum!

Posted by: jewells45 fuck cancer at September 20, 2023 09:40 PM (iF0sF)

21 Happy-ish Wed Evening …

Posted by: Adriane the IBM DCFP FTW Critic . . . at September 20, 2023 09:40 PM (4Winp)

22 Good evening morons and thanks very much mh

I had a similar thought when listening to Merrick Garland's testimony today. And how evil is banal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2023 09:41 PM (RIvkX)

23 * Howard Cosell voice* Their team spanked the other team like monkeys.

Posted by: Van Down By The River at September 20, 2023 09:41 PM (62bN5)

24 Thanks for the ONT MisHum!

I do like the BBQ pun. So jealous that browndog was recently in Mempis. I miss my trips there now that my daughter has graduated college.

Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 09:41 PM (n3DL0)

25 Evenin’, Again, All.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 20, 2023 09:42 PM (xTRSc)

26 I seldom listen to Time in a Bottle, because it makes me weepy. What a beautiful song.

Gonna go play some Exodus now.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Neanderthal, Just Ruggedly Handsome at September 20, 2023 09:43 PM (T/Lqj)

27 I hated all '70s music for a while when I was young but Croce is mind-blowing once you get a few decades under your belt. Giant.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 20, 2023 09:43 PM (IG4Id)

28 Quote I

“We apply the same laws for everyone. Our job is to pursue justice without fear or favor. Our job is not to do what is politically convenient. Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress or from anyone else about who or what we criminally investigate.” US Attorney General Merrick Garland

We? Us? Merrick, you do your thing and we'll do ours.

Posted by: Lisa Monaco, Deputy AG and 99.5 percent of DoJ and FBI employees at September 20, 2023 09:44 PM (5fDan)

29 Sounds like a fun side gig, Doof.

Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 09:44 PM (n3DL0)

30 Howdy Ben Had!

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:44 PM (oYEbH)

31 19 Mis Hum, thank you for all you do and I hope your recovery is accelerating.
Posted by: Ben Had

Mis Hum is sick?

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2023 09:45 PM (vHIgi)

32 Vmom, he has a bad knee.

Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2023 09:45 PM (dAQol)

33 Losing Croce was a blow, a shock.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2023 09:45 PM (RIvkX)

34 Operator is on my playlist.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2023 09:48 PM (RIvkX)

35 Doof we are getting close to clicking glasses. Anticipation!

Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2023 09:48 PM (dAQol)

36 Oh, I hope your knee gets better, MisHum.

Posted by: vmom stabby stabby stabby stabby stabamillion at September 20, 2023 09:50 PM (vHIgi)

37 Actual Name.

https://tinyurl.com/hmean3ux

Link goes to Twatter. Might not be actual name.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 09:50 PM (Z/KE7)

38 Losing Croce was a blow, a shock.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2023 09:45 PM (RIvkX)

I was 7, but I get it. For me it was Dimebag Darrell Abbott being murdered on-stage. He was my age. Never met him, of course, but it hurt.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Neanderthal, Just Ruggedly Handsome at September 20, 2023 09:50 PM (T/Lqj)

39 If I were a Brazilian women's soccer player I might consider a mass stroke to be a compliment.

Posted by: JEM at September 20, 2023 09:51 PM (8erNz)

40 Bum knees suck.

Praying for swift recovery and visits from sexy Vietnamese massage therapists.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 09:51 PM (Z/KE7)

41 Currently reading a great book by one of my favorite famous people - Mike Rowe. It's a collection of stories and vignettes that he has told on his podcast of the same name - "The way I heard it". There's a story about Jim Croce in there -- he had written a letter to his wife and mailed it before boarding the private plane that would crash and end his life. She received the letter 5 days after he died.

Outstanding book. I will likely read it again when I finish it.

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:51 PM (oYEbH)

42 Could be a nice side gig if I pass the written exam and skills test.

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:39 PM (oYEbH)

Yeah...teaching hot soccer moms to stroke a pickle?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (lQONO)

43 > Scientists at the organization believe a huge asteroid known as Bennu could take out an area the size of Texas in the year 2182,” according to the New York Post.
__________

Concerned enough to send a probe to grab a sample and return it to earth. Launched years ago. The idea being... what is the asteroid made of and can it be nudged out of an orbit that would impact earth, or otherwise be destroyed.

The sample is due to land in Utah... I think in a couple days. Pretty cool. First asteroid sample return mission.

Most of us will be dead and gone when/if this thing hits... so YMMV.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (Q4IgG)

44 NY Post: Dove’s #FreeThePits ads expose NYC subway riders to women’s hairy armpits

https://tinyurl.com/2n2jyept

Via Instapundit.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (Z/KE7)

45 Yay, National Gibberish Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (Bd6X8)

46 Re: The Bar-B-Que House

Exactly what I said to Mrs. Mabuse as I prepped a Boston Butt for a long cook on the Big Green Egg on Labor Day.
Wonderful pulled pork sammiches!

Posted by: Dr. Mabuse at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (uY1j2)

47 "A tech CEO and Harvard prodigy forfeited a $110 million pay package after he abruptly quit the firm he founded following accusations that he assaulted a female employee and shoved meat into her face."

Did he learn that at Harvard? What the hell are they teaching over there?

Posted by: fd at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (vFG9F)

48 CBD off the top rope !

Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2023 09:53 PM (dAQol)

49 Yay, National Gibberish Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura

And here I am without my gibblets hat...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 20, 2023 09:54 PM (IG4Id)

50 Most of us will be dead and gone when/if this thing hits... so YMMV.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (Q4IgG)

Screw future generations. They'll need a good apocalyptic wasteland to toughen them up.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 09:54 PM (Z/KE7)

51 Doof we are getting close to clicking glasses. Anticipation!
Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2023 09:48 PM (dAQol)

You know it!! Getting my car ready for a few thousand miles! Already have quite a few bottles ready to make the journey with me!

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:54 PM (oYEbH)

52 Yeet!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 20, 2023 09:55 PM (+LG5B)

53 Yeah...teaching hot soccer moms to stroke a pickle?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (lQONO)

It's a tough gig, innit??

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 09:55 PM (oYEbH)

54 Oh baby, I hear you spend nighttimes
Wrapped like candy in a blue, blue glow...

I need a vacation. I have two old dogs and a wife who's basically out of the picture. I need to figure out my life.

Posted by: JEM at September 20, 2023 09:55 PM (8erNz)

55 47 "A tech CEO and Harvard prodigy forfeited a $110 million pay package after he abruptly quit the firm he founded following accusations that he assaulted a female employee and shoved meat into her face."

Did he learn that at Harvard? What the hell are they teaching over there?
Posted by: fd at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (vFG9F)

He should have shoved cake in her face. Or chocolate.

Chicks love chocolate.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 09:56 PM (Z/KE7)

56 Meeska Mooska Mousketeer
ONT time now is here

(It's late for me.)

Howdy y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - grew up on Annette at September 20, 2023 09:56 PM (GHa0y)

57 Duck season or wabbit season?
Posted by: Flyguy

Coyote and Racoon season.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * Invictus maneo at September 20, 2023 09:56 PM (+LG5B)

58 40 Bum knees suck.

Praying for swift recovery and visits from sexy Vietnamese massage therapists.
Posted by: Robert

Someone is going to be disappointed if he meets up with physical therapists. On the upside, if you have masochist tendencies, they are going to inflict some pain.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 09:56 PM (0Htd1)

59 Stroking a pickle is HOT!

Posted by: JEM at September 20, 2023 09:57 PM (8erNz)

60 >>>What actor's strike. That Son of a Bitch said that with a straight face. The actors are in DC and not LA.

Rush always said that DC was Hollywood for the ugly.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 09:57 PM (htCHP)

61 I sprained my left ankle almost two months ago and I still don't have full stability with it. Almost but just enough worrisome.

Posted by: JEM at September 20, 2023 10:00 PM (8erNz)

62 Environmaoist virtue signaling is fun when someone else is footing the bill. Not so much fun when the check arrives and Uncle Sam is no longer in a position to subsidize Europe's 70 year long block party.

Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2023 10:00 PM (PZvjL)

63 A lot going on in this ONT. Good evening horde.

Posted by: TRex at September 20, 2023 10:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

64 Stroking a pickle is HOT!
Posted by: JEM at September 20, 2023 09:57 PM (8erNz)

https://tinyurl.com/2t7nymnz

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 10:01 PM (Z/KE7)

65 Will an asteroid change life on Earth as we know it in just 159 years?
-----------------

Musk better hurry up, we're running out of time.
'

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:02 PM (htCHP)

66 Someone is going to be disappointed if he meets up with physical therapists. On the upside, if you have masochist tendencies, they are going to inflict some pain.
Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 09:56 PM (0Htd1)
* * * *
I have a new respect for PTs after total knee replacements. Going in, I had heard the horror stories but the only thing I asked was that they not make me cry (yes, I am an 'ette). They did not, and I have increased muscle tone as a result of their hard work and continual encouragement. PTs rock!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2023 10:03 PM (Zb5iS)

67 Parting such good company saddens me but retire I must.

Tomorrow

Posted by: Ben Had at September 20, 2023 10:05 PM (dAQol)

68 Yay ONT!!

In my time zone, ONT and Gutfeld usually start nearly concurrently.....

decisions...decisions.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at September 20, 2023 10:05 PM (QGaXH)

69 That Florida man in Sault Ste. Marie, Yoopers are good at finding ways to entertain themselves, so he may fit right in. I hope he understands what winters are like up there.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 10:06 PM (0Htd1)

70 Croce's son sounds ALOT like him. The guy was talented. Everyone likes to rip on 70's music but there was a lot of good stuff to come out of it.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 20, 2023 10:06 PM (GwxCX)

71 I have a new respect for PTs after total knee replacements. Going in, I had heard the horror stories but the only thing I asked was that they not make me cry (yes, I am an 'ette). They did not, and I have increased muscle tone as a result of their hard work and continual encouragement. PTs rock!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2023 10:03 PM (Zb5iS)

Older of the 2 Doof sons is halfway through PT school. He has a great demeanor with patients. He will do well for himself. And I will get free PT for life!!

Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 10:07 PM (oYEbH)

72 Jerkin the Gherkin.

Posted by: Minnfidel at September 20, 2023 10:07 PM (GwxCX)

73 along with a plunging krona
Along with any dirty jokes you can make, this demonstrates just how much something like "climate change" is a rich society's virtue signaling.

It stops being important when you can't afford it.

Posted by: GWB at September 20, 2023 10:07 PM (M+Nrs)

74 PT!
For me!
Good for you!
Good for me!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Neanderthal, Just Ruggedly Handsome at September 20, 2023 10:08 PM (T/Lqj)

75 Beautiful picture, brings me to tears. Thank you. 'Nite, all.

Posted by: L - Practice makes perfect. They know their enemies at September 20, 2023 10:11 PM (GshMh)

76 Love Neon Deion. He's already in my opinion the greatest NFL player ever (minority position) but he'll rule college football in 2 yrs. Every stud athlete will want to play for him. Every single one.

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 20, 2023 10:12 PM (6sEs4)

77 My asteroids are best dealt with using lidocaine and Preparation H.

Posted by: Saddle Sore at September 20, 2023 10:12 PM (83IzV)

78 That "Free the Pits" ad isn't nearly as disgusting as that tv ad for some kind of cream that women are supposed to put in their nooks and crannies.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 10:13 PM (0Htd1)

79 45 Yay, National Gibberish Day ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310

President Mush for Brains celebrates that all year long.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 10:14 PM (0Htd1)

80 And I will get free PT for life!!
Posted by: Doof at September 20, 2023 10:07 PM (oYEbH)

Should have thought of that for my daughters!

Posted by: Iris at September 20, 2023 10:14 PM (n3DL0)

81 The lovely Mrs. TP wouldn't be worth two ***** without her PT. She has crippling migraines which manifest themselves in rather odd and unusual ways. Her PT uses acupuncture to reduce the duration and intensity of her miseries.

He is a life-saver.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2023 10:14 PM (63An5)

82 That "Free the Pits" ad isn't nearly as disgusting as that tv ad for some kind of cream that women are supposed to put in their nooks and crannies.
Posted by: nerdygirl

Absolutely disgusting. And I am a lover of nooks and crannies without a doubt.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2023 10:16 PM (63An5)

83 55 47 "A tech CEO and Harvard prodigy forfeited a $110 million pay package after he abruptly quit the firm he founded following accusations that he assaulted a female employee and shoved meat into her face."

Did he learn that at Harvard? What the hell are they teaching over there?
Posted by: fd at September 20, 2023 09:52 PM (vFG9F)

He should have shoved cake in her face. Or chocolate.

Chicks love chocolate.
Posted by: Robert

Maybe she was a vegan and he thought this was a goodway to torment her.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 10:17 PM (0Htd1)

84 two nice looking ladies in short skirts on Gutfeld tonight...ONT may lose out...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at September 20, 2023 10:18 PM (QGaXH)

85 Relevant to My Interests ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/media

*scroll down

Posted by: kbdabear at September 20, 2023 10:18 PM (IEw/x)

86 Evening Horde, thx MisHum, feel better. Great clip of Marley. Neat bit of trivia about the whistle test .
Some of the clips of NYers getting arrested for protesting against illegals in their neighborhood gives me hope. The elite always go to far and this administration is out beyond Pluto. There could be a very nasty backlash coming. One can only hope

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 20, 2023 10:19 PM (mCz8T)

87 What meat did he shove in her face? I guess it was HIS meat.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2023 10:20 PM (S6gqv)

88 What's the difference between a terrorist and a physical therapist?

You can negotiate with the terrorist...

*bada bing!*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at September 20, 2023 10:20 PM (Zb5iS)

89 Somewhat on topic, like words out of the actor's mouth, I've had it with the deconstruction of language fans. Without a common understanding of and agreement to meaning of words, communication is impossible.
It helps to remember that without words, the most common means of communication is hitting each other. Ask any toddler.
So what set me off on this rant? I'm reading a short bio of a female musician and I read this: ".... bore the scars of her longstanding opioid use disorder".
The word is addiction. Short, simple, known to all.

Posted by: From about that Time at September 20, 2023 10:21 PM (4780s)

90 "What meat did he shove in her face? I guess it was HIS meat.
Posted by: Tom Servo "

Nope. A bit of roast beef.

Posted by: fd at September 20, 2023 10:21 PM (vFG9F)

91 The pilot bailed out in South Carolina and they can't find the plane?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:22 PM (htCHP)

92 I've told people if you don't hate your PT, you're not doing it right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2023 10:22 PM (RIvkX)

93 Cheers to Pts and Jim Croce

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 20, 2023 10:22 PM (WF/xn)

94 70 Croce's son sounds ALOT like him. The guy was talented. Everyone likes to rip on 70's music but there was a lot of good stuff to come out of it.
Posted by: Minnfidel at September 20, 2023 10:06 PM (GwxCX)

I've ripped a lot on 90s music but I'm starting to realize that there's a similar dynamic there too. Lots of crap, yes, but also some good stuff and having some distance between then and now has done wonders to filter it.

Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2023 10:23 PM (PZvjL)

95 Croce was amazing

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at September 20, 2023 10:23 PM (WF/xn)

96 " The pilot bailed out in South Carolina and they can't find the plane?
Posted by: Braenyard "

It's probably near the bridge.

Posted by: Robert Plant at September 20, 2023 10:24 PM (vFG9F)

97 85 Relevant to My Interests ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/media

*scroll down
Posted by: kbdabear at September 20, 2023 10:18 PM (IEw/x)

It doesn't look like AOP is here to give you grief over the 'X' link - so I'll have to do it....

MY GOD MAN _ WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????

Now back to Gutfeld and the skirt ladies....especially Jocelyn....

(yes - I'm a dog.....LOL)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan at September 20, 2023 10:24 PM (QGaXH)

98 .... bore the scars of her longstanding opioid use disorder".
The word is addiction. Short, simple, known to all.

Posted by: From about that Time
-------------------

Tracks

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:24 PM (htCHP)

99 I have a new respect for PTs after total knee replacements. Going in, I had heard the horror stories but the only thing I asked was that they not make me cry (yes, I am an 'ette). They did not, and I have increased muscle tone as a result of their hard work and continual encouragement. PTs rock!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

I know people who've needed PT services, including my mom who was in her late eighties. They got her to the point where she could get around with a walker. It isn't easy for the patient or the therapist. The one who worked with my mom had all the patience in the world.

Posted by: nerdygirl at September 20, 2023 10:25 PM (0Htd1)

100 They found the F-35 debris field on the 18th.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 20, 2023 10:25 PM (/HDaX)

101 89
gone missing, went missing, etc

Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at September 20, 2023 10:26 PM (D7u0p)

102 Hopefully that F-35 was insured, and they can use the money to replace that guy's ride with something better like an F-22.

Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2023 10:27 PM (PZvjL)

103 100 They found the F-35 debris field on the 18th.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent
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Guess the golfers got out of the way.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:27 PM (htCHP)

104 They found the F-35 debris field on the 18th.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 20, 2023 10:25 PM (/HDaX)

No, Anna Puma has the F-35 hidden in her living room. They found what she wanted them to find.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 10:28 PM (Z/KE7)

105 Scientists at the organization believe a huge asteroid known as Bennu could take out an area the size of Texas in the year 2182,” according to the New York Post.
__________

Concerned enough to send a probe to grab a sample and return it to earth. Launched years ago. The idea being... what is the asteroid made of and can it be nudged out of an orbit that would impact earth, or otherwise be destroyed.

Why is it, every time I come up with a scifi story, some f'er has to steal my plot???

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2023 10:29 PM (Angsy)

106 When Trump finally left the White House 6 rubles equaled 1 dollar
Biden has crushed Putins ruble, now it takes 19 rubles to buy one US dollar

Posted by: Paul at September 20, 2023 10:29 PM (rDNCQ)

107 >>>The idea being... what is the asteroid made of and can it be nudged out of an orbit that would impact earth, or otherwise be destroyed.
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Gerald Bull is dead.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:31 PM (htCHP)

108 Will an asteroid change life on Earth as we know it in just 159 years?
That’s the fear NASA scientists have

Oh, my gosh, that's awful and scary! How much money do you need?

Posted by: t-bird at September 20, 2023 10:32 PM (Sv58p)

109 My friend! My friend! I have F-35, good as new, 250 million. The ejection seat has been field tested. I throw this in for no charge! Erdogan was here just this morning looking at it. He said he'll be back this afternoon.

My Friend! We must act now!

Posted by: Ali's Scratch and Dent Discount Defense at September 20, 2023 10:32 PM (z+89e)

110 Did somebody mention butt rubs?

Posted by: Mayor Pete at September 20, 2023 10:32 PM (bQKgA)

111 When Trump left office the dollar was worth a dollar
now the dollar is worth about 75 cents.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:33 PM (htCHP)

112 BAR-B-QUE HOUSE

How much did they have to pay a marketing genius to come up with that name?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 10:34 PM (bQKgA)

113 Tracks
Posted by: Braenyard
===
Didn't make that connection.
You hit it there.

Posted by: From about that Time at September 20, 2023 10:34 PM (4780s)

114 The lovely Mrs. TP wouldn't be worth two ***** without her PT. She has crippling migraines which manifest themselves in rather odd and unusual ways. Her PT uses acupuncture to reduce the duration and intensity of her miseries.

He is a life-saver.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2023 10:14 PM (63An5)

That John Red Corn is the best!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at September 20, 2023 10:35 PM (Angsy)

115 Where's that confounded bridge?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 10:35 PM (bQKgA)

116 107 Gerald Bull is dead.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:31 PM (htCHP)

It weren't me, guvnah!

Posted by: Literally everyone's intelligence frenz at September 20, 2023 10:36 PM (PZvjL)

117 So what set me off on this rant? I'm reading a short bio of a female musician and I read this: ".... bore the scars of her longstanding opioid use disorder".
The word is addiction. Short, simple, known to all.

Posted by: From about that Time at September 20, 2023 10:21 PM (4780s)

".... bore the scars of her longstanding opioid use disorder"

Yikes! Does that mean her genes programmed her from inception to be an opiod over-user? To Leftist medicos and pych-types, no one has any responsibility for his or her lot in life - everything they think, do, and say is locked-in by their DNA.

Insanity.

Posted by: GL at September 20, 2023 10:36 PM (5fDan)

118 Over troubled water

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:37 PM (htCHP)

119 A true crime book writer from Lincoln, Nebraska, working on a project about the 2017 dismemberment murder of 24-year-old Sydney Loofe allegedly developed a “romantic interest” with the Tinder killer inmate responsible for the horrific crime and extorted a corrections nurse at his behest before he was even sentenced to death row.

Showing once again the amazing discernment and impeccable judgment of character that wymyn innately possess.

Posted by: Shit even Jeff Dahmer got letters from groupie chicks. Jeff. Fucking. Dahmer. at September 20, 2023 10:38 PM (dhxes)

120 To the 21st Century (tm)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 20, 2023 10:39 PM (RIvkX)

121 Prison groupies are weird. And creepy.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 20, 2023 10:40 PM (KFhLj)

122 PT!
Good for you!
Good for me!
I don't know but I've been told
Eskimo pussy is mighty cold!

Posted by: Gny. Sgt. Hartman calling cadence at September 20, 2023 10:40 PM (dhxes)

123 Bummer about SMOD. On April 8, 2024, a total eclipse occurs in North America. This eclipse belongs to Saros 139, which will produce incredibly long eclipses. Saros 139 will hit its peak on July 16, 2186 with an eclipse just off the northern coast of South America which will be 7 minutes and 31 seconds long at the greatest eclipse point. It will be the longest eclipse for the next 1469 years thereafter. That length of totality is more or less the longest totality has a chance to last in a total eclipse.

SMOD will mean missing it.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 20, 2023 10:40 PM (sYKDg)

124 @89, 117 read the same bio , jazz guitarist Emily Remler. Read the bio and she was addicted to heroin and Dilaudid. Her heart basically gave out at age 32. Yup a heroin addict.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 20, 2023 10:41 PM (mCz8T)

125 As seen on the bathroom wall.

"Poop thought 307: If you are born deaf, what language do you dream in?"

For the record, the handwriting is nice. Too nice for a trucker.

Posted by: Robert at September 20, 2023 10:43 PM (WspCl)

126 Hamburger Hut.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2023 10:43 PM (ovV/V)

127 Showing once again the amazing discernment and impeccable judgment of character that wymyn innately possess.

Posted by: Shit even Jeff Dahmer got letters from groupie chicks. Jeff. Fucking. Dahmer. at September 20, 2023 10:38 PM (dhxes)

That's why living in a gerontocracy, with a side of Government by Karens -- sometimes one and the same -- is so much fun.

Posted by: RickZ at September 20, 2023 10:44 PM (emlEe)

128 The F-35 debris they found was created by the aliens who captured it. They needed some of our technology to see how hard it would be to invade the planet.

They have reason to be afraid. Their adults are about 12-14” in height, and their fear being kicked by steel-toed footwear.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at September 20, 2023 10:45 PM (mNmNo)

129 I was 7, but I get it. For me it was Dimebag Darrell Abbott being murdered on-stage. He was my age. Never met him, of course, but it hurt.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Neanderthal, Just Ruggedly Handsome at September 20, 2023 09:50 PM (T/Lqj)

I was in AK when I heard Dimebag Darrell was assassinated. I was crushed. I have been to his grave in the Dallas area. Lots of guitar picks left behind there.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 20, 2023 10:48 PM (sYKDg)

130 118 Over troubled water
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:37 PM (htCHP)

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Feelin' small?

In their best days, Simon & Garfunkel were sublime.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 10:49 PM (bQKgA)

131 Our job is to pursue justice without fear or favor. Our job is not to do what is politically convenient. Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress or from anyone else about who or what we criminally investigate.”

Garland wasn't lying. He properly identified what his job is supposed to be. He didn't say that he or his department did their job, they acknowledge what they are supposed to do and are aware that no one will do anything about it when they refuse to do their job.

Posted by: Reuben Hick at September 20, 2023 10:49 PM (p8A+W)

132 >>>That's why living in a gerontocracy, with a side of Government by Karens -- sometimes one and the same -- is so much fun.

Posted by: RickZ
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Getting screwed by a senile old man can rub you raw.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 10:50 PM (htCHP)

133 Holy crap I think Doug Mcgregor actually posted this. The account looks legit. Has 125k followers. The history looks legit. But no bluecheck. Idk. Diligent troll id fake.

Nitter

https://is.gd/5kY61v

Posted by: Thesokorus at September 20, 2023 10:51 PM (exR4S)

134 Smell, that's the one. I bailed on that phrase.
I guess she wanted that "authentic" jazz whatever.

Posted by: From about that Time at September 20, 2023 10:52 PM (4780s)

135 "A Flight Attendant Talked About Why Drinks Like Ginger Ale Taste Better on Planes"

The black murder gloves she's wearing kinda killed my interest in that beverage.

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 20, 2023 10:54 PM (Mzdiz)

136 Dimebag is buried with one of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitars.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2023 10:54 PM (ovV/V)

137 136 Dimebag is buried with one of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitars.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2023 10:54 PM (ovV/V)

And IIRC the coffin was Kiss themed, courtesy of the band in his honor.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 20, 2023 10:55 PM (lE1L7)

138 Syndicated evening radio guy on the drive home tonight was talking about how Disturbed dedicated one of their better albums to Dimebag Darrell. Guy definitely had huge influence both in life and death.

Posted by: CppThis at September 20, 2023 10:59 PM (PZvjL)

139
The "Saros" is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, after which point the sun, earth, and Moon return to nearly identical alignment. The term was first used by Edmund Halley back the day, although his usage may have been a little incorrect.

This is different, but close to the Metonic Cycle of about 19 years.

The Antikythera Mechanism calculated the Saros cycle amongst other things, Metonic and Callippic cycles.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 10:59 PM (Mzdiz)

140 >>What a web that was weaved.

Webs are wove or woven (past and past participle)

Cars weave, and past tense is weaved

So in the literal sense, it should be woven. In a metaphorical sense, .... I just don't know.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at September 20, 2023 10:59 PM (csleN)

141 And IIRC the coffin was Kiss themed, courtesy of the band in his honor.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 20, 2023 10:55 PM (lE1L7)

I remember that now. Damn, it has been a while.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at September 20, 2023 10:59 PM (ovV/V)

142
Note that the Callippic Cycle is not to be confused with "callipygian", although both have to do with moons of a sort.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 11:00 PM (Mzdiz)

143 Evenin'

I successfully salvaged, maybe, my bricked laptop. I now have the latest version of Ubuntu Linux on it. If I have a hardware problem (dying hard drive), it will crap out on Linux too. So far, though, it's running fine. I may have had some files corrupted so it bricked. MS Windows specialized in corrupting files after updates, so I'm guessing that's it. Don't know but for now, it's running Ubuntu.

Posted by: Puddleglum at September 20, 2023 11:00 PM (sAmhv)

144 The Antikythera Mechanism calculated the Saros cycle amongst other things, Metonic and Callippic cycles.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 10:59 PM (Mzdiz)

Just imagine what it could have accomplished if it was PROkythera!

Posted by: Miskatonic and Callipygic cycles! at September 20, 2023 11:01 PM (dhxes)

145 Just imagine what it could have accomplished if it was PROkythera!
Posted by: Miskatonic and Callipygic cycles! at September 20, 2023 11:01 PM (dhxes)

The original shop model, before it went into production, was a PROTOkythera.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 20, 2023 11:04 PM (QS/Jn)

146 I don't know if Victoria has a neighborhood called "Oakland", but it does have one called Oak Bay.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:07 PM (rN0zl)

147 The Antikythera Mechanism

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 10:59 PM (Mzdiz)

A true wonder of the Ancient World. One could add Greek Fire as well. (And let's not forget Rome's many aqueducts. Though they don't seem to be on that '7 Wonders' list, parts of them are still standing.)

Posted by: RickZ at September 20, 2023 11:09 PM (emlEe)

148 This week I successfully replaced the hard drive on my laptop and with a $9.99 disc from Beelzebub am now typing this on Windows 7.

I made an image of my old hard drive but couldn't make the Rescue disk. Thought this nine dollar disk would be a Rescue disk. Still trying to get a rescue disc because my image has some programs on it that No Longer Exist.

I do have Mint coming in the mail.
It's so nice not to be typing this on the freaking iPad.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:09 PM (htCHP)

149
I am neither pro- nor anti-kythera. Neutral on the whole kytherian question.

I am, however, very pro-callipygian.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 11:12 PM (Mzdiz)

150 They found the F-35 debris field on the 18th.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at September 20, 2023 10:25 PM (/HDaX)

18th hole of the Augusta golf course?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:13 PM (rN0zl)

151 Biden HHS Hits Wuhan Lab With 10-Year Funding Ban Amid Mounting Evidence Of Leak

"Prominent public health authorities — including Dr. Anthony Fauci — knew about the risky laboratory conditions..."

The Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services announced on Wednesday that it has officially banned the Wuhan Institute of Virology from receiving US funding for a decade, based on mounting evidence that it was ground zero for the Covid-19 pandemic.

On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter to WIV Director Genera, Dr. Yanyi Wang, to inform her that the lab - which Dr. Anthony Fauci offshored risky gain-of-function research to, would no longer be funded by US grants until July 16, 2033, the NY Post reports.

Posted by: Neo at September 20, 2023 11:13 PM (RovqD)

152 Romans would throw chunks or bags of lime in with the cement causing cracks in the structure to 'heal', to this day.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:15 PM (htCHP)

153 Cements used in construction are usually inorganic, often lime or calcium silicate based

Posted by: Neo at September 20, 2023 11:17 PM (RovqD)

154 Romans had lime bags.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 20, 2023 11:18 PM (63Dwl)

155 89, 117 read the same bio , jazz guitarist Emily Remler. Read the bio and she was addicted to heroin and Dilaudid. Her heart basically gave out at age 32. Yup a heroin addict.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 20, 2023 10:41 PM (mCz8T)

I knew a Canadian blues guy called Back Alley John; he was quite talented, both harmonica and guitar, and a decent songwriter. I bought a car from him, pretty sure the money went into his arm. He died quite young. You can find a little of his stuff on Youtube, if you search for it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:18 PM (rN0zl)

156 Xavier Becerra what a cool name on such a crappy guy.
Like Lew Alcindor, just re-spell it Lou alCindor and you are an R&B king.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:19 PM (htCHP)

157
They still don't know the exact ingredients for Greek Fire, do they?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 11:22 PM (Mzdiz)

158 Romans would throw chunks or bags of lime in with the cement causing cracks in the structure to 'heal', to this day.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:15 PM (htCHP)

My foggy memory maybe recalls reading something about volcanic ash being the 'secret' ingredient in their concrete which enhanced Roman engineering longevity.

Posted by: RickZ at September 20, 2023 11:23 PM (emlEe)

159 MS Windows specialized in corrupting files after updates, so I'm guessing that's it. Don't know but for now, it's running Ubuntu.
Posted by: Puddleglum at September 20, 2023 11:00 PM (sAmhv)

Having a bootable Linux on either a thumb drive or a DVD, depending upon hardware involved, can save your butt. You can explore the hard drive of a "broken" computer, and salvage files.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:24 PM (rN0zl)

160 They still don't know the exact ingredients for Greek Fire, do they?
Posted by: publius

"Take one dozen Greeks, separate. . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2023 11:24 PM (63An5)

161 Early ONT?
No worries. I got here late.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2023 11:24 PM (uSHSS)

162 The Volleyball Wankers in Brazil: Was the footage made public or was the footage made pubic?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 20, 2023 11:24 PM (TGPs7)

163 "Take one dozen Greeks, separate. . . "

Hope you brought a crowbar.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 20, 2023 11:25 PM (Bd6X8)

164 157 They still don't know the exact ingredients for Greek Fire, do they?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 11:22 PM

Leftist gaslighting burns awfully hot. Surely that was one of the main ingredients.

In reality, how much difference is there between Joe Biden and Caligula?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM (HlyYF)

165 Accomplished a major technical breakthrough today - was about to sync my phone with my vehicle and get the apps on the phone to display on the screen.

Child's play for well, children, but for Seenager, this was quite the success.

Posted by: Tonypete at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM (63An5)

166 A friend, who avidly follows all things political, thinks the Dem have chosen Gretchen Whitmer to be their presidential candidate.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM (htCHP)

167 The fabulous Leningrad Cowboys doing Sweet Home Alabama...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUFZubQK-ZY

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 20, 2023 11:28 PM (TGPs7)

168 Romans would throw chunks or bags of lime in with the cement causing cracks in the structure to 'heal', to this day.

Maybe we can fix Nancy Pelosi's tits this way.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at September 20, 2023 11:29 PM (KFhLj)

169 Ash too....
.... and virgins

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:29 PM (htCHP)

170 166 A friend, who avidly follows all things political, thinks the Dem have chosen Gretchen Whitmer to be their presidential candidate.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM

So the Reichstag Fire of a kidnap plot was just contrived to elevate her above the rest of the pack?

Sounds about right for their level of evil manipulation.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:30 PM (HlyYF)

171 They still don't know the exact ingredients for Greek Fire, do they?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 20, 2023 11:22 PM (Mzdiz)

Nothing like it's been written of throughout antiquity. We've come close, coming to believe that it was some type of petroleum-like product, viscous yet fluid. IIRC, napalm is the closest modern equivalent. Probably could add the chemistry behind flame throwers, too.

Posted by: RickZ at September 20, 2023 11:31 PM (emlEe)

172
Evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 20, 2023 11:34 PM (42oo1)

173 Bennu will make a close fly-by past Earth and has a miniscule chance through a pass through a “gravitational keyhole” that would send the space rock on a collision course for the planet in 2182 — 159 years from now.”

Dear mikeski's great-great-great-grand-descendants,

Duck!

Love,
mikeski

Posted by: mikeski at September 20, 2023 11:37 PM (DgGvY)

174 They still don't know the exact ingredients for Greek Fire, do they?
Posted by: publius

Dragon spit.

St. George killed the last one, though.

Posted by: mikeski at September 20, 2023 11:38 PM (DgGvY)

175 Bennu will make a close fly-by past Earth and has a miniscule chance through a pass through a “gravitational keyhole” that would send the space rock on a collision course for the planet in 2182 — 159 years from now.”

Dear mikeski's great-great-great-grand-descendants,

Duck!

Love,
mikeski
Posted by: mikeski at September 20, 2023 11:37 PM (DgGvY)

Heh! You know, back when marine radio was HF, and not VHF, 2182 kilocycles was the frequency used for distress calls.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:39 PM (rN0zl)

176 In reality, how much difference is there between Joe Biden and Caligula?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM (HlyYF)

If you have to ask that question, . . .

Dementia Joe is a modern tyrant but hasn't (yet) reached the height of unchecked power which Little Boots had. Being invited to dine with the emperor was a request to be feared. Slow Joe may lust for that kind of power but he's quite a few Praetorian Guards short of that goal.

Posted by: RickZ at September 20, 2023 11:39 PM (emlEe)

177 176 In reality, how much difference is there between Joe Biden and Caligula?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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Does Hunter have a horse?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:42 PM (htCHP)

178 159 years.
No wonder all the billionaires are building bunkers in New Zealand. I think if I had the money, Id build in four or five places so the descendants had options.

Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2023 11:42 PM (uSHSS)

179 On Tuesday, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra sent a letter to WIV Director Genera, Dr. Yanyi Wang, to inform her that the lab - which Dr. Anthony Fauci offshored risky gain-of-function research to, would no longer be funded by US grants until July 16, 2033, the NY Post reports.
Posted by: Neo

Perhaps I'm too cynical, but does this also prevent things like--just spitballing--funding a company called EcoHealth Alliance, and having them fund Wuhan?

Posted by: mikeski at September 20, 2023 11:43 PM (DgGvY)

180 The former receiver and defensive back has five children - Deiondra, 31, Deion Jr., 29, Shilo, 23, Shedeur, 21, and Shelomi, 19.

Shelomi? She...blow me?

Posted by: What the hell is with these names at September 20, 2023 11:44 PM (XqcwY)

181 Out of all those kinds of people
You got a face with a view
I'm just an animal looking for a home
Share the same space for a minute or two

And you love me till my heart stops
Love me till I'm dead
Eyes that light up, eyes look through you
Cover up the blank spots
Hit me on the head ah ooh...

Talking Heads - This Must Be The Place

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 20, 2023 11:44 PM (TGPs7)

182 OMG

Fetterman presided over the Senate wearing a casual short-sleeve shirt, open collar

photo at Daily Mail

Posted by: DB - at September 20, 2023 11:44 PM (geLO8)

183 Perhaps I'm too cynical, but does this also prevent things like--just spitballing--funding a company called EcoHealth Alliance, and having them fund Wuhan?
Posted by: mikeski at September 20, 2023 11:43 PM (DgGvY)

Prolly going to have to dummy up another NGO, and wedge it there as a buffer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:45 PM (rN0zl)

184 Dementia Joe is a modern tyrant but hasn't (yet) reached the height of unchecked power which Little Boots had. Being invited to dine with the emperor was a request to be feared. Slow Joe may lust for that kind of power but he's quite a few Praetorian Guards short of that goal.

Posted by: RickZ at September 20, 2023 11:39 PM

True, but did Caligula have F-16s?

Did Caligula have nukes?

Did Caligula have a FISA court that allowed him to capture much of the communications of his political rivals?

Biden's Praetorian Guard is sufficiently powerful for him to openly take bribes and rig elections, and there is not a damn thing we the people can do about it.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:45 PM (HlyYF)

185 In reality, how much difference is there between Joe Biden and Caligula?

Caligula was apparently banging a young Helen Mirren? https://youtu.be/52Ew_MMVCv0?si=rlXMDc4piuABAw7o

Posted by: What the hell is with these names at September 20, 2023 11:46 PM (XqcwY)

186 Orpheus was the hottest kythera badass until Eddie Van Halen came along.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 11:46 PM (bQKgA)

187 OMG

Fetterman presided over the Senate wearing a casual short-sleeve shirt, open collar

And...no functioning brain

Posted by: 18-1 at September 20, 2023 11:47 PM (XqcwY)

188 166 A friend, who avidly follows all things political, thinks the Dem have chosen Gretchen Whitmer to be their presidential candidate.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM (htCHP)

Campaign slogan will be -
Karens and Abortion Lovers of the World, Unite!

Posted by: GL at September 20, 2023 11:47 PM (5fDan)

189 177 176 In reality, how much difference is there between Joe Biden and Caligula?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot
---------------------------

Does Hunter have a horse?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:42 PM

If we are going in that direction, then comparisons between Kamala and Katherine the Great would probably be more appropos?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (HlyYF)

190 OMG

Fetterman presided over the Senate wearing a casual short-sleeve shirt, open collar

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Good enough for the Senate, but bad enough to be denied service at any Carls Jr.

This is our Republic today.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (bQKgA)

191 I have Linux Mint running on my ancient, nearly 20 year old HP workstation. It runs solid with one tiny exception. After a kernal update, it will boot up sans monitor. It just ignores the monitor. After I have a temper tantrum with many curse words bandied about, I walk away and do something else. I'll come back after a while, turn it on, and it will boot up normal. That seems weird. Otherwise, it runs like a trooper. It's on now. I do like Linux. At some point, I'll need to actually learn it so I can troubleshoot properly. My UNIX knowledge is limited.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (sAmhv)

192 Salami, Shelomi, cheese macaroni

Posted by: DB - at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (geLO8)

193 Caligula was apparently banging a young Helen Mirren? https://youtu.be/52Ew_MMVCv0?si=rlXMDc4piuABAw7o
Posted by: What the hell is with these names at September 20, 2023 11:46 PM (XqcwY)

You know, "Calpigula" would be a great moniker for Governor Perfect Hair.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 20, 2023 11:49 PM (rN0zl)

194 Mark Dice video was almost surreal.

Nanzi Pelosi: Even if the country is reduced to ruins, we will still send money to Israel.

What a weird statement.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 20, 2023 11:50 PM (Gf3mx)

195 So he can't dress himself, but he can preside over the Senate

Posted by: DB - at September 20, 2023 11:50 PM (geLO8)

196 Dear great-great grandkids of Diogenes.
Start digging. Your grandkids will thank you.
Love,
Great-great Grandpa, Diogenes

Posted by: Diogenes at September 20, 2023 11:50 PM (uSHSS)

197 how did we get to this point

Posted by: DB - at September 20, 2023 11:51 PM (geLO8)

198 166 A friend, who avidly follows all things political, thinks the Dem have chosen Gretchen Whitmer to be their presidential candidate.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:27 PM (htCHP)

Hey, what about me? I'm tanned, rested, and GAY!

Posted by: Mayor Pete at September 20, 2023 11:51 PM (5fDan)

199 Slow Joe is more of a Tiberias, old, worn out, and known for delighting in sex with young children.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2023 11:51 PM (S6gqv)

200 One of Sanders kids is named Shelomi?
If I met her I couldn't help but say "Shelomi, Shattered , Shattered"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at September 20, 2023 11:51 PM (mCz8T)

201 Good enough for the Senate, but bad enough to be denied service at any Carls Jr.

This is our Republic today.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM

IQ of the average minimum wage Carls Jr. employee >>> IQ of the average Democrat in the Senate.

(Of course there are a few Dems there that REALLY bring down the average.)

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:52 PM (HlyYF)

202 Fetterman presided over the Senate wearing a casual short-sleeve shirt, open collar

He's Bolshevik and hates this country and western civilization. He wishes to wreck and destroy it all and replace it with 'Utopia'. This little stunt is just part of that. I guess it's a bit of a consolation that he was never that bright and now his brain is broke. Not much, I admit.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at September 20, 2023 11:52 PM (sAmhv)

203 how did we get to this point
Posted by: DB

Gradually, then suddenly?

Posted by: mikeski at September 20, 2023 11:53 PM (DgGvY)

204 Men like Biden or Fettermen are exactly what the Junta wants.

If you can't think for yourself you can't challenge the power behind the throne...as Biden himself as repeatedly admitted claiming he's not allowed to say or do various things

Posted by: 18-1 at September 20, 2023 11:54 PM (XqcwY)

205 On the other hand, Joe might copy one of Caligula's signature moves and appoint John Kerry to the Senate.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2023 11:55 PM (S6gqv)

206 If we are going in that direction, then comparisons between Kamala and Katherine the Great would probably be more appropos?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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Would that make her head of the senate?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 20, 2023 11:56 PM (htCHP)

207 A friend, who avidly follows all things political, thinks the Dem have chosen Gretchen Whitmer to be their presidential candidate.

She strikes me as too self aggrandizing. Yes Obama was too but his core personal characteristic was...laziness and he was just way to easy to mollify with brown nosing and a hot new young man servant.

Fuhrer Whitmer? She could decide she doesn't need a Bezos, a Steyer or a Soros. And you can't sway her with dick like Obama...

Posted by: 18-1 at September 20, 2023 11:56 PM (XqcwY)

208 Catherine the great may have had some animal passion, but she was highly intelligent.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 20, 2023 11:57 PM (S6gqv)

209 Someone raised a thought-provoking question in their comment today.

You can say you're a patriot and you love America, but today, what does that mean? What do you love?

The government? Hell no.

The people? Well, some of them, maybe.

The ideals on which it was founded? Those are ancient history. They're a sad joke. We're an outright kleptocracy now.

The geography? Parts of it are nice, but there are nice places in other parts of the world too.

I'm at a loss. My kneejerk patriotism seems to have been misguided.

Live and learn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 11:57 PM (bQKgA)

210 Once you understand that all of creation must be destroyed, everything falls in to place!

Posted by: Mephisto at September 20, 2023 11:58 PM (MeG8a)

211 On this day: September 20, 1973 - Jim Croce
On his way to perform his second concert of the day, US singer, songwriter Jim Croce was killed with five others when his chartered aircraft hit a tree on take off in Louisiana. via thisdayinmusic.com

This brings back memories. Most of y'all have heard the hi-lites. Me, my sister, and the neighborhood kid posse hiked through the woods of Natchitoches to look at his plane crash. Pleseant memories of the FUSA, and my mostly feral yute. (And I was a preacher's kid too)

Posted by: BifBewalski at September 20, 2023 11:58 PM (3CCua)

212 "how did we get to this point"
Slowly, then all at once.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 21, 2023 12:00 AM (MeG8a)

213 If we are going in that direction, then comparisons between Kamala and Katherine the Great would probably be more appropos?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (HlyYF)

Well, Empress Katerina didn't have to fuck her way into political power, she just had to outlive Peter III and survive his typically 'mysterious' death. She was competent enough to become an historical 'great', along with Alexander, Alfred, Peter, et.al. Kamalalaladingong? Seriously? That silver-tongued knob-polisher can't utter a coherent thought.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 12:00 AM (emlEe)

214 Legally Sufficient, if you're still here, did you have both knees same day?

Posted by: tbodie, Lurker. Unless you are reading this at September 21, 2023 12:01 AM (L+BQ2)

215 More of this, please...

Leading Report
@LeadingReport

BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially declared an invasion at the border because of Biden's policies and will deploy the Texas National Guard, DPS, and local law enforcement; he will also build a border wall, razor wire, and marine barriers.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 12:01 AM (TGPs7)

216 Good enough for the Senate, but bad enough to be denied service at any Carls Jr.

This is our Republic today.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (bQKgA)

Dreary thought.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 12:03 AM (emlEe)

217 213 If we are going in that direction, then comparisons between Kamala and Katherine the Great would probably be more appropos?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 20, 2023 11:48 PM (HlyYF)

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Blasphemy.

Catherine the Great was politically adept enough to take control of a great Slavic empire even though she was a mere German princess.

Kamala blew Willie Brown.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2023 12:03 AM (bQKgA)

218 My UNIX knowledge is limited.

So's mine and I make a living off it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 21, 2023 12:03 AM (Bd6X8)

219 Catherine likely had a lot to do with Peter III's mysterious death. But everyone hated him so no one looked too closely.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 12:04 AM (S6gqv)

220 You can say you're a patriot and you love America, but today, what does that mean? What do you love?

Imagine you are a Frenchman in 1941. Your country was conquered by an enemy and a toady puppet government claims the mantle of your nation.

Are you loyal to Vichy...or to France?

I often reflect on the famous video of a Frenchmen weeping as he watches the German Socialists march through Paris and...I know he must have felt.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 12:04 AM (XqcwY)

221 >You can say you're a patriot and you love America, but today, what does that mean? What do you love?

I think me and America are just gonna be friends

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:06 AM (geLO8)

222 More of this, please...

Leading Report
@LeadingReport

BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially declared an invasion at the border because of Biden's policies and will deploy the Texas National Guard, DPS, and local law enforcement; he will also build a border wall, razor wire, and marine barriers.

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 12:01 AM (TGPs7)

In the meantime, Guv, keeping those buses rolling into sanctuary cities. Share your State's painful burden.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 12:08 AM (emlEe)

223 >BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially declared an invasion at the border

the DOJ will sue him and Texas by Friday COB

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM (geLO8)

224 So, we have an 80 million dollar aircraft that doesn't work in bad weather.
OK, then...

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM (MeG8a)

225 Peter III played an odd role in history.

As is apparently common for German leaders, Frederick the Great had managed to get himself into a war with most of the rest of Europe.

While he was a better general and had a better army man for man then any of his opponents, he was at war with three major European powers in France, Russia, and Austria...and was being ground down by the three.

And then as annihilation seemed to be approaching Peter III ascended to the throne and...reversed Russia's position to Prussia leaving the war...and giving Frederick a fighting chance.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM (XqcwY)

226 Blasphemy.

Catherine the Great was politically adept enough to take control of a great Slavic empire even though she was a mere German princess.

Kamala blew Willie Brown.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2023 12:03 AM

Rising to the level of Vice President just for giving out a few blow jobs seems exceedingly politically adept to me.***

***For some definitions of adept!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM (HlyYF)

227 damn, everything is coming apart

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM (geLO8)

228 >You can say you're a patriot and you love America, but today, what does that mean? What do you love?

I think me and America are just gonna be friends
Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:06 AM (geLO

*******
You mean Freinds With Benefits. Cause America as currently configured is gonna fuck you.

Posted by: tbodie, Lurker. Unless you are reading this at September 21, 2023 12:10 AM (L+BQ2)

229 And then as annihilation seemed to be approaching Peter III ascended to the throne and...reversed Russia's position to Prussia leaving the war...and giving Frederick a fighting chance.
Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM (XqcwY)

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Ja. JA!!! I keep saying that!

Posted by: A. Schicklegruber at September 21, 2023 12:11 AM (bQKgA)

230 223 >BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially declared an invasion at the border

the DOJ will sue him and Texas by Friday COB

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:09 AM

The totalitarianism of the Democrats means we are fast approaching the "How many divisions does the DOJ have?" level of politics.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 21, 2023 12:12 AM (HlyYF)

231 You mean Freinds With Benefits. Cause America as currently configured is gonna fuck you.

Lube? Why would I bring any lube.

Anyway, sign this form and bend over so we can get this over with.

Posted by: An IRS agent at September 21, 2023 12:12 AM (XqcwY)

232 ..BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially declared an invasion at the border because of Biden's policies and will deploy the Texas National Guard, DPS, and local law enforcement; he will also build a border wall, razor wire, and marine barriers.Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 12:01 AM (TGPs7)

Good. This takes the matter squarely out of the hands of any Court, as the State's POWER to quell an Invasion is clearly enumerated IN the U.S. Constitution.

All TX A.G. Paxton has to tell the Court now is: FYNQ.

It forces the D.C. Executive to HAVE TO ACT. (we probably won't like the acts he directs.)

Legally, this is now a matter of Sovereign to Sovereign, and Executive to Executive. The Courts have fuck-all to do with it, insofar as Jurisdiction is concerned. The Courts have NO Jursdiction here.

Let the Games Begin!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 12:13 AM (e6UQI)

233 >The totalitarianism of the Democrats means we are fast approaching the "How many divisions does the DOJ have?" level of politics.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot

seriously, I do expect the feds to come after Abbott for this-
they got all upset at some floating traffic cones- imagine what will happen if Abbott sends men with guns to the border

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:14 AM (geLO8)

234 She hit a few high notes...

Sara Bareilles - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live from Atlanta)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozd2ja7mAgM

Posted by: Mister Ghost at September 21, 2023 12:15 AM (TGPs7)

235 Can't wait for the feral government to declare Texas as "In Rebellion" for attempting to safeguard it's southern border.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 21, 2023 12:15 AM (Bd6X8)

236 >Good. This takes the matter squarely out of the hands of any Court, as the State's POWER to quell an Invasion is clearly enumerated IN the U.S. Constitution.

I take your point, but the ruling junta routinely shits on the Constitution

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:16 AM (geLO8)

237 Hitler had some creepy attraction for his niece and probably drove her to suicide.

What is with dictators and wanting to bang relatives?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 12:17 AM (XqcwY)

238 235 Can't wait for the feral government to declare Texas as "In Rebellion" for attempting to safeguard it's southern border.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 21, 2023 12:15 AM (Bd6X

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A sudden inflow of armed Americans into Texas might not be a bad thing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2023 12:17 AM (bQKgA)

239 I've been out of touch for a few days - Has there been discussion of why the F-35 pilot ejected and what malfunction the aircraft experienced?

(Other than no pilot)

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 12:17 AM (63An5)

240 Can't wait for the feral government to declare Texas as "In Rebellion" for attempting to safeguard it's southern border.

I read this book... https://tinyurl.com/3anu7stn

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 12:18 AM (XqcwY)

241 seriously, I do expect the feds to come after Abbott for this-
they got all upset at some floating traffic cones- imagine what will happen if Abbott sends men with guns to the border

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:14 AM

I was only half joking.

If the feds bring guns to a pre-existing gun fight, then I am pretty sure the Texans are going to have much shorter supply lines.

Further, the fed supply lines might have to go through semi-hostile territory. Think a bunch of Oklahoma farmers might suffer simultaneous tractor breakdowns on the main highways in the event of the feds mobilizing their divisions?

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 21, 2023 12:19 AM (HlyYF)

242 What is with dictators and wanting to bang relatives?

Posted by: 18-1 at September 21, 2023 12:17 AM (XqcwY)

. . . , you might be a redneck.

Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at September 21, 2023 12:19 AM (emlEe)

243 If the feds bring guns to a pre-existing gun fight, then I am pretty sure the Texans are going to have much shorter supply lines.

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We have F-18s and nuclear weapons, fat.

Posted by: President Potatohead at September 21, 2023 12:20 AM (bQKgA)

244 I'm at a loss. My kneejerk patriotism seems to have been misguided.

Live and learn.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 20, 2023 11:57 PM (bQKgA)

This world is not your home.

As with all things built by men, they ultimately fail.

There is a world where justice and righteousness hold sway. What you actually loved about America were the rights acknowledged by the Founders that actually stem from the Creator of all things in that righteous kingdom.

And you mourn the destruction of that acknowledgment, perhaps consciously because you despise the men and women that would enshrine themselves as the gods of this world.

But spiritually, intrinsically, in the recesses, you mourn because you long for the home you belong in, even if the conscious mind doesn't always grasp this,

All people are fish out of water on this side of the eternal divide.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at September 21, 2023 12:20 AM (Gf3mx)

245 239 I've been out of touch for a few days - Has there been discussion of why the F-35 pilot ejected and what malfunction the aircraft experienced?

(Other than no pilot)

Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 12:17 AM

No additional information that I have seen, except a sketchy report that the pilot said weather was the problem.

If it was woke pilot error, we peasants will certainly never hear the truth.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at September 21, 2023 12:22 AM (HlyYF)

246 We have F-18s and nuclear weapons, fat.
Posted by: President Potatohead at September 21, 2023 12:20 AM (bQKgA)

There's a fuckton of nukes at Barksdale in Louisiana, and LA might throw in with Texas. DC has shit on them enough.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:22 AM (rN0zl)

247 >>>the DOJ will sue him and Texas by Friday COB

Posted by: DB -
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Paxton's off his leash

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:22 AM (htCHP)

248
OMG

Fetterman presided over the Senate wearing a casual short-sleeve shirt, open collar

photo at Daily Mail
Posted by: DB

++++++++++++

Theory: Having had demented relatives, I think wardrobe is part of Fetterman's mental health problems. Buttons, zippers, layers, buckles stress him. He needs stretchy pants he can pull up to his belly and sweats he can pull over his head. Goes commando. Suits leave him anxious and confused. I bet he's wet or mushed his pants at least once because a belt, a fly, a button, trouser, and skivvies were too much for him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 12:23 AM (42oo1)

249 We have F-18s and nuclear weapons, fat.
Posted by: President Potatohead

Someone already got ChatGPT to write a reply to that:

https://tinyurl.com/uezju57t

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 21, 2023 12:25 AM (Bd6X8)

250
If it was woke pilot error, we peasants will certainly never hear the truth.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot

++++++++++

We don't even know what the pilot's gender was, do we? Admittedly we're not biologists, but...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 12:26 AM (42oo1)

251
BREAKING: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has officially declared an invasion at the border because of Biden's policies and will deploy the Texas National Guard, DPS, and local law enforcement; he will also build a border wall, razor wire, and marine barriers.
Posted by: Mister Ghost

+++++++++++++

Better late than never, but it's AWFULLY DAMN LATE.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 12:27 AM (42oo1)

252 "Fetterman presided over the Senate wearing a casual short-sleeve shirt, open collar "

Which richly illustrates what a farce that legislative body has become. A barely competent Senator, can't even dress himself, can't speak coherently, is a hulking wreck.
It is to laugh.

Posted by: gourmand du jour at September 21, 2023 12:27 AM (MeG8a)

253 Art I Section 8

The Congress shall have Power To...

...provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:27 AM (geLO8)

254 We don't even know what the pilot's gender was, do we? Admittedly we're not biologists, but...

Well, gender is fluid. So the most we can ever know, maybe, is what the pilot identified as at the time of the incident.

Which, thinking about it, must play hell with the IFF gear on board.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at September 21, 2023 12:28 AM (Bd6X8)

255 Congress, not Texas

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:28 AM (geLO8)

256 My favorite explanation for the F-35 is that they were testing a new AI program, and it decided it didn't need that pesky human threatening to interfere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at September 21, 2023 12:29 AM (S6gqv)

257 the word 'border' does not appear in the Constitution

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:29 AM (geLO8)

258 She hit a few high notes...

Sara Bareilles - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live from Atlanta)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozd2ja7mAgM
Posted by: Mister Ghost

That was, pleasing. Thank you.

Posted by: BifBewalski at September 21, 2023 12:29 AM (3CCua)

259 Very small progress on the Hotrod Ford today. Modified the 1949 steering wheel so that it ought to work with the '74 signal switch and horn circuit. Cut the signal switch cup off the '74 column tube, and set to weld it onto the '49 column tube. Had to go that way, as the bearing in the '74 column tube would not fit the '49 steering column shaft. I will have to make a plastic skirt for the bottom of the '49 steering wheel to line up with the signal switch cup, so it looks right esthetically. A ring cut off a PVC drainpipe tee might do the trick.

And I spent 6 hours getting that little bit done.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:30 AM (rN0zl)

260
The Congress shall have Power To...

...provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
Posted by: DB

++++++++++++

Doesn't say Congress ONLY.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 12:32 AM (42oo1)

261 Maybe the F-35's computer used its best "Amityville Horror" voice and told the pilot "Get. Out." Or maybe it used the Schwarzenegger Terminator voice.

Either way, the sensible thing to do is pull the ejection handle.

Posted by: PabloD at September 21, 2023 12:36 AM (8Ln5W)

262 Saw the last few innings of the Toronto/Yankees game this evening at the bar for Wing Nite. Eighth inning, Toronto got two runs in succession, forced by the NY pitcher walking a batter. Seems to me that it might be a bit of a rarity?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:36 AM (rN0zl)

263 the word 'border' does not appear in the Constitution

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:29 AM (geLO

Unfortunately for us today, The Founders took a lot of liberties with what would be considered common knowledge when our founding documents were written. Another is the accepted meaning at the time of 'natural-born citizen'. They didn't envision us ending up having a government run by never-too-old lawyers who rarely willingly leave office.

Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at September 21, 2023 12:37 AM (emlEe)

264 You put a '74 steering column in the Ford and mated it to the worm gear under the hood?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:37 AM (htCHP)

265 You put a '74 steering column in the Ford and mated it to the worm gear under the hood?
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:37 AM (htCHP)

No, not nearly. I wanted the upper part of the '74 column jacket so I could have the turn signal switch and shift quadrant for the automatic. The '49 steering wheel will be bolted to the shaft from whence it came, and turn the original steering gear, just like before.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:41 AM (rN0zl)

266 Article 1. Section 10.

"...No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."

That word "UNLESS" is the key here. UNLESS has just been DECLARED, and the matter will no longer admit delay.

Abbot, Paxton, and TEXAS are on solid ground here, the evidence is the Invasion itself. MILLIONS of invaders makes it an INVASION, Q.E.D.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 12:41 AM (e6UQI)

267 Abbot, Paxton, and TEXAS are on solid ground here, the evidence is the Invasion itself. MILLIONS of invaders makes it an INVASION, Q.E.D.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 12:41 AM (e6UQI)

And they don't have to be armed invaders, although I am sure some of the coyotes are. Sheer numbers can overwhelm the State's capacity to deal with them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:44 AM (rN0zl)

268 Pennsylvania: Perkiomen Valley School district decided unisexual bathrooms were A OK for students. Students didn't think so, they staged a walk out.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:45 AM (htCHP)

269 it would seem

National Guard units can be...activated for service in their respective states upon declaration of a state of emergency by the governor of the state or territory where they serve

So- Abbott can declare and emergency and deploy the TNG to the border

but I think Biden's Handlers and the other ruling junta members will try to stop it

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:45 AM (geLO8)

270 Pennsylvania: Perkiomen Valley School district decided unisexual bathrooms were A OK for students. Students didn't think so, they staged a walk out.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:45 AM (htCHP)

Good on the students. They should have special facilities for trannies: a row of porta-potties on the far side of the football field. Clean 'em once a year, whether they need it or not.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:49 AM (rN0zl)

271 The junta's policy is unrestricted immigration in order to alter national voting patterns

It will go after anything or anyone that operates counter to that

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:49 AM (geLO8)

272 but I think Biden's Handlers and the other ruling junta members will try to stop it

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:45 AM (geLO

There's no 'thinking' about it. The court case will be a truly decisive one. Can deliberately suicidal Federal power be checked?

Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at September 21, 2023 12:49 AM (emlEe)

273 Shift quadrant, I had to look that up. It all becomes clear.
Still a hard pull.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:50 AM (htCHP)

274 There's no 'thinking' about it. The court case will be a truly decisive one. Can deliberately suicidal Federal power be checked?
Posted by: Jeff Foxworthy at September 21, 2023 12:49 AM (emlEe)

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You're pretty smart for a comedian, but what would Norm MacDonald say?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at September 21, 2023 12:51 AM (bQKgA)

275 >>>It will go after anything or anyone that operates counter to that

Posted by: DB
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It won't be their first time.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:52 AM (htCHP)

276 well, we'll see how it shakes out

goodnight all

Posted by: DB - at September 21, 2023 12:54 AM (geLO8)

277 Shift quadrant, I had to look that up. It all becomes clear.
Still a hard pull.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 12:50 AM (htCHP)

The shifter lever, the PRND2L display, and the detent gate that prevents unwanted movement from "Park" to "Drive". I want to make it look like Henry built it with a column-shift automatic. No '49 Fords had automatic transmissions. I think '51 was the first year for Ford.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:54 AM (rN0zl)

278
"...No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay."

That word "UNLESS" is the key here. UNLESS has just been DECLARED, and the matter will no longer admit delay.

Abbot, Paxton, and TEXAS are on solid ground here, the evidence is the Invasion itself. MILLIONS of invaders makes it an INVASION, Q.E.D.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

++++++++++++

Nice research!

Of course it's a foregone conclusion that Biden Garland will order Abbott to stop. Abbott should go right tf ahead in my opinion. What happens next? Does Biden have the guts?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 12:55 AM (42oo1)

279 DB. U.S. Constitution says Fuck All about any "National Guard".

The Governor has just declared an Invastion, the state of "UNLESS" now exists, and the State of Texas shall excerise it's POWERS (not rights*), to employ ANY AND ALL MEANS OF WAGING WAR AT ITS' DISPOSAL to REPEL said Invasion. And will be within it's Constitutional Boundaries to do so.

Your Section 8 cite was completely off the mark, inaccurate to the application and legally irrelevant, withal. My citation of Section 10 was deal in the Bullseye, in clear English, and provides for no wiggle room or equivocation as to what a Governor may or may not do in response. Note, there is NO LIMITATION written, as to what a Governor "may not do" to repel such an invasion.

* (all through the U.S. Constitution, ONLY the Citizens have RIGHTS. Governments have ONLY "powers" and there is not one word or phrase in the entire document which endows the Government with any "Rights", whatsoever.

And those "powers" of the Governments, are GRANTED only by the Consent of the Governed. And, are SUBJECT to change or further LIMITATION, by the WILL of the Governed.)

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 12:55 AM (e6UQI)

280 Well, I am becoming sleepy. Time to head for the rack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at September 21, 2023 12:59 AM (rN0zl)

281 'night
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>>>Nice research!

Of course it's a foregone conclusion that Biden Garland will order Abbott to stop. Abbott should go right tf ahead in my opinion. What happens next? Does Biden have the guts?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Does Abbott have the guts?

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 01:03 AM (htCHP)

282 AOP.

Hope you're taking LOTS of pics of your steering column conversion.

That IS an article for Hot Rod Magazine or such.

And you're a MORE THAN good enough writer to do it, too.

I'm being quite serious here. Document it, write it up. Need editors? We're all critics, we're all here! LOL

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 01:03 AM (e6UQI)

283 The DOJ will indict Ken Paxto for something, anything, cooked up by the good folks over at the FBI. Paxton, Abbott and LtGov Patrick are going to have to nut up here and be willing to tell the Federal Government to pound sand. This crap has got to stop. This SHOULD be a decisive turning point that could claw us back into some semblance of nationhood.

Posted by: Erik In Texas at September 21, 2023 01:04 AM (pR6C/)

284 ..Does Abbott have the guts?
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 01:03 AM (htCHP)

Likely, the courts will say that He Doesn't Have A Leg To Stand On.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 01:05 AM (e6UQI)

285 F-35 debris

Ooops. Sorry. Tractor beam power setting error. -Scotty

Star Trek - 119 - Tomorrow is Yesterday

Posted by: mindful webworker - scheme me up, botty!! at September 21, 2023 01:12 AM (GHa0y)

286 Many in our area still burn wood for heat

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 21, 2023 01:15 AM (FLiOE)

287 Hiya

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 01:15 AM (fwDg9)

288 286 Many in our area still burn wood for heat
Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at September 21, 2023 01:15 AM (FLiOE)

Wealthy hardcore leftists living in Mill Valley (Marin County, Ca) burn wood for heat. Recall a flue fire at George Lucas’s skywalker ranch.

Posted by: 13times at September 21, 2023 01:23 AM (7ABPR)

289 President Donald Trump’s plan to visit United Auto Workers (UAW) members who are striking in Detroit, Michigan, is causing some Democrats close to the White House to freak out and think that the Biden campaign needs to “step up,”

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 01:25 AM (htCHP)

290
Does Abbott have the guts?
Posted by: Braenyard

+++++++++++

He's off to a good start. Can he follow through?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 01:31 AM (42oo1)

291 >> Star Trek - 119 - Tomorrow is Yesterday

That was a good one. I've been watching a lot of Star Trek lately. The "Heroes and Icons" channel, which I just discovered a few months ago runs an episode of all four 6 days a week. TOS, TNG, DS9, Voyager and Enterprise.

I've decided that my two favorite characters of the whole thing are Elim Garak from DS9 and The Doctor from Voyager.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 01:39 AM (Mzdiz)

292
Captain list, in order:

Kirk > Sisko >> Picard >> Janeway.

I don't exactly know where to put Archer in there.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 01:42 AM (Mzdiz)

293
The Doctor channeled a lot of Bones McCoy's, "I'm a doctor, not a [fill in the blank].

Memorable ones he did, "I'm a doctor, not a nightlight". I'm a doctor, not a battery."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 01:45 AM (Mzdiz)

294 Kirk > Sisko >> Picard >> Janeway.

I don't exactly know where to put Archer in there.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 01:42 AM (Mzdiz)

Kirk on top of Janeway, Sisko on Picard, Archer in the corner with the video camera.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at September 21, 2023 01:47 AM (QS/Jn)

295 SMOD always disappoints.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 21, 2023 01:54 AM (JkeTM)

296 239 I've been out of touch for a few days - Has there been discussion of why the F-35 pilot ejected and what malfunction the aircraft experienced?

(Other than no pilot)
Posted by: Tonypete at September 21, 2023 12:17 AM (63An5)

"malfunction ... (Other than no pilot)"

heh

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 01:54 AM (ASp1y)

297 85 Relevant to My Interests ONT Compliance Pics

https://twitter.com/kbdabear/media

*scroll down
Posted by: kbdabear at September 20, 2023 10:18 PM (IEw/x)

He's not hanging around to hear the feedback.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 01:57 AM (ASp1y)

298 What I've read of the ejecting F-35 pilot, is confusing.

The military would not "discharge" him at this point. NEVER.

He'd be active duty until every Board of Inquiry, Accident Investigation Board, Officer Review Board and possibly Courts Martial were all fully and completely run out to the end of each's respective course.

DISCHARGE? Yeah, two, three YEARS from now.

Indefinite Suspension from Flight Status? Yeah, about the time they transcribed his first Official Statement as to the event.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 02:06 AM (e6UQI)

299 The Post reported, “On September 25, 2135, Bennu will make a close fly-by past Earth and has a miniscule chance through a pass through a “gravitational keyhole” that would send the space rock on a collision course for the planet in 2182 — 159 years from now.”

Well, then there is no time to waste! We need to pass a $3.34T omnibus tomorrow!

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 21, 2023 02:06 AM (t3/qz)

300 SMOD always disappoints.
Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse

Your snark depends upon it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at September 21, 2023 02:06 AM (IG4Id)

301 General Milley: Ukraine Fight Can Be Sustained Since ‘The United States, Allied Countries Are Rich’
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Blood sucker

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:07 AM (htCHP)

302 >> SMOD always disappoints.

Ours was pretty real and pretty spectacular.

Posted by: The Dinosaurs at September 21, 2023 02:07 AM (Mzdiz)

303 I think what the article said or intended to say was that he was discharged from the hospital.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:08 AM (htCHP)

304 301 General Milley: Ukraine Fight Can Be Sustained Since ‘The United States, Allied Countries Are Rich’
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Blood sucker
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:07 AM (htCHP)

33 TRILLON in debt, and counting.... he needs to shut the fuck up.

Posted by: Romeo13 at September 21, 2023 02:09 AM (QPmu4)

305 ..I think what the article said or intended to say was that he was discharged from the hospital. Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:08 AM (htCHP)

Thanks. Your clarification helps.

Because the writer of the original article sure did post up one hell of a "journalistic" Hot Mess!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at September 21, 2023 02:12 AM (e6UQI)

306 Paxton with Tucker Carlson.
I think the link will work for non twitter persons, it did for me.

https://tinyurl.com/3ue54mbz

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:12 AM (htCHP)

307 306 Paxton with Tucker Carlson.
I think the link will work for non twitter persons, it did for me.

https://tinyurl.com/3ue54mbz
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:12 AM (htCHP)

It worked for me, too.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 02:17 AM (ASp1y)

308 The universe is a strange place sometimes.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at September 21, 2023 02:20 AM (k1Qly)

309
Re Obituaries in the local paper. When Daddy died, the funeral director told me don't worry about that, the cost will be astronomical.

Well, my mother wants it published. That was the proper way to do it in her day. I just got to doing that.

A single paragraph was going to run $400+. For one day. Knocking it down to one sentence, $300.

Fuck that. Daddy would be, well. He wouldn't do that.

Posted by: The Dinosaurs at September 21, 2023 02:21 AM (Mzdiz)

310
Dinosaur sock off. I guess it was funny for the context.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:25 AM (Mzdiz)

311 Braenyard, I wish that I could hear that, not your fault, my laptop died and I am relegated to an uncomfortable chair in the bedroom, which is kind of dark, no matter how many lamps are lit. No speakers, and where's Nelson Mandela's deaf funeral interpreter when I need him??

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 21, 2023 02:27 AM (Sgq8y)

312 At this point, at all levels of government, was have rule by revenge. They're still going after Trump for just talking about the things Joe Biden has done and now he wants revenge. Paxton has all but stated he's after revenge. Some R's in Congress are looking for revenge against the two-tiered justice/censorship state. Schumer and lying Dems against the conservative Court, each of the parties of the first part harboring practically hatred for the party of the second part and vice-versa, with I'm sure revenge bringing a certain schadenfreude to both sides. Look at the revenge that NM scrunt of a governor is engendering by her blatantly unconstitutional decrees. Rule By Decree seems to be the cool thing these days, thanks to COVID-1984.

But government based upon rule by decree and revenge is not going to work out for us short-term. Long-term, who knows? Depends on who's doing the decreeing and the revenging, I guess. But that we're at this point is a Shakespearean tragedy of historical proportions.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 02:31 AM (emlEe)

313
Revenge is a dish best served cold. -- Ancient Klingon proverb.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:32 AM (Mzdiz)

314 312 But that we're at this point is a Shakespearean tragedy of historical proportions.
Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 02:31 AM (emlEe)

Or an historical tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 02:33 AM (ASp1y)

315 publius, I hear you, death notifications are mighty expensive these days, perhaps it would have been cheaper to take out a full page ad. I'd have buried the obituary somewhere within the free migrant food pledge.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 21, 2023 02:34 AM (Sgq8y)

316 Random thought: I'm at the point in my life where the early bird specials are too late in the day.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 02:36 AM (emlEe)

317 >> death notifications are mighty expensive these days,

It's no problem really -- the funeral home published a full obit/tribute on their website, and all the "legacy" sites have picked it up.

But my mother, well, in her day it was published in the local paper. The local paper and all that is nothing like what it was in her day.

We've decided to leave it up to her. But, I'm going to remind her that Daddy wouldn't have spent that kind of money for anything like this. He would've been fit to be tied.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:37 AM (Mzdiz)

318
The Country Kitchen supposed to open at 5AM, dang nab it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:38 AM (Mzdiz)

319 Or an historical tragedy of Shakespearean proportions.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 02:33 AM (ASp1y)

Either way, it's "bad, bad news." (Savoy Brown, 'Jack the Toad').

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 02:38 AM (emlEe)

320
Would you believe the Star Trek nerds and fanboys, those with linguistic chops have actually created a Klingon language? The revenge is best served cold is, in "original Klingon" thus:

"bortaS bIr jablu'DI' reH QaQqu' nay"

The line, while popularized in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (Khaaaaaaaannnn!), actually dates much further back.

Sort of like another Star Trek line spoken by Mr. Spock, "There's an old Vulcan saying, 'Only Nixon could go to China.'"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:41 AM (Mzdiz)

321 318 The Country Kitchen supposed to open at 5AM, dang nab it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:38 AM (Mzdiz)

Are you outside the Country Kitchen, waiting for it to open?

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 02:43 AM (ASp1y)

322 A single paragraph was going to run $400+. For one day. Knocking it down to one sentence, $300.

What about 2 words: He gone.

Or a personal: Looking for love in heaven. Come visit me at Jones funeral home from 7-9 on the 23rd.

Posted by: Cat Ass Trophy at September 21, 2023 02:44 AM (t3/qz)

323
Fuck that. Daddy would be, well. He wouldn't do that.

Posted by: The Dinosaurs

+++++++++++

That is the greatest sock fail ever.

Anyway, if you post it in the Rants of your local craigslist you'll probably get more views and even a little discussion.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 02:46 AM (42oo1)

324 Speaking philosophically, we're all of us outside the Country Kitchen, since we can't get in until they open.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 02:47 AM (ASp1y)

325 Sounds like Paxton's going to run for Cornyn's senate seat.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:53 AM (htCHP)

326 Debby Doberman Schultz save the link, it will work for you tomorrow.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:54 AM (htCHP)

327 309
Re Obituaries in the local paper. When Daddy died, the funeral director told me don't worry about that, the cost will be astronomical.

Well, my mother wants it published. That was the proper way to do it in her day. I just got to doing that.

A single paragraph was going to run $400+. For one day. Knocking it down to one sentence, $300.

Fuck that. Daddy would be, well. He wouldn't do that.

Posted by: The Dinosaurs at September 21, 2023 02:21 AM (Mzdiz)

I was tasked with writing the obituary for my father. I asked about publishing it in the paper. “$500”, the funeral director said. “Fuck that” I muttered to myself. Dad would have approved.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 21, 2023 02:54 AM (lE1L7)

328 Would you believe the Star Trek nerds and fanboys, those with linguistic chops have actually created a Klingon language?
...

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 02:41 AM (Mzdiz)

Would you believe that your wife can say "Fire the thrusters now!" in Klingon?

Yes she can!

Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at September 21, 2023 02:54 AM (Mzdiz)

329
that we're at this point is a Shakespearean tragedy of historical proportions.
Posted by: RickZ

++++++++++++

We're at a fork in the road all right, and I say we can't take the wrong way. We just can't. I can't stand to think of the thousand years of intellectual, moral, and lifestyle retreat the world will take with the West giving in to socialist folly, China taking the world down with it as it shrinks to an unproductive ghost country with a surplus of males, and Africa and the Middle East spewing destructive barbarians into great cities built by people so imaginative and industrious and faithful that no one knows them any more than today's Greeks and Egyptians know the people who built the Acropolis and the pyramids.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 02:56 AM (42oo1)

330 Not unless I get a new computer, Braenyard!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 21, 2023 02:56 AM (Sgq8y)

331 325 Sounds like Paxton's going to run for Cornyn's senate seat.
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:53 AM (htCHP)

Damn. I’d rather he run for gov. Just to stick it in the RINOs craw.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 21, 2023 02:58 AM (lE1L7)

332 "I am sitting here because of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."

--Ken Paxton in the Tucker interview
https://tinyurl.com/3ue54mbz

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 03:03 AM (ASp1y)

333 We're at a fork in the road all right, and I say we can't take the wrong way. We just can't. I can't stand to think of the thousand years of intellectual, moral, and lifestyle retreat the world will take with the West giving in to socialist folly, China taking the world down with it as it shrinks to an unproductive ghost country with a surplus of males, and Africa and the Middle East spewing destructive barbarians into great cities built by people so imaginative and industrious and faithful that no one knows them any more than today's Greeks and Egyptians know the people who built the Acropolis and the pyramids.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 02:56 AM (42oo1)

That's incredibly well-said. Very thought-provoking. All great empires fall when they let the barbarians in the gates. And barbarians in the Roman sense, foreign. There is a certain confluence of past and present what with who Rome considered barbarians had no idea about baths. Same goes for us today. How many stories of basic plumbing getting fucked up because our turd world 'immigrants' have never seen or, worse, never properly used a toilet?

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 03:06 AM (emlEe)

334 Does Abbott have the guts?
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 01:03 AM (htCHP)

No. And as for this “invasion” declaration? I’ll believe it when I see it.

He had a border barrier put up - about 12 miles from the border. NG personnel there have been seen helping people illegally cross the border. And busing them to blue cities? Chicken bleep. Send them BACK.

Let’s be a serious country.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 21, 2023 03:06 AM (lE1L7)

335 Let’s be a serious country.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at September 21, 2023 03:06 AM (lE1L7)

Serious left the building a long time ago. We're now lower than joke status.

Posted by: RickZ at September 21, 2023 03:08 AM (emlEe)

336 I've been doing shade tree on my computer. I've had so so success with refurbished computers. And have great ^&%$^ towards Alphabet.

I've decided my next (I have no business need) computer will be an inexpensive one and one of those Mint thumb drives.
If there's a problem using Mint there are plenty of folks here to help. Get familiar with Mint and dump windows.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 03:10 AM (htCHP)

337 Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces. The Tocoron prison had served as the Tren de Aragua gang's headquarters, where it had installed amenities such as a zoo, a pool and gambling rooms
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Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 03:19 AM (htCHP)

338
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Posted by: Yogi Berra at September 21, 2023 03:21 AM (Mzdiz)

339 Poland last year completed a 187km (116-mile) steel barrier along its border with Belarus and deployed thousands of soldiers to stop migrants from crossing into its territory.

Posted by: 13times at September 21, 2023 03:22 AM (2qz/H)

340
How many stories of basic plumbing getting fucked up because our turd world 'immigrants' have never seen or, worse, never properly used a toilet?
Posted by: RickZ

++++++++++++

I was just explaining to a bewildered Japanese acquaintance why people who fly to the US from other countries have to go through Border Control while millions can stroll across the border illegally. I told her the Democrats don't want anyone who can afford to fly here and who won't get kicked off the plane for shitting in the aisle.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 03:23 AM (42oo1)

341
Yogi said a lot of crazy shit, but there was always a logic to it. The fork in the road quote. He was giving directions to somebody, Joe Garagiola the legend says, to his house.

He lived on some sort of circle. There was fork in the road to get there. Either one would get you to Yogi's house.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 03:24 AM (Mzdiz)

342
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
Posted by: Yogi Berra

++++++++

Another Yogi-ism that makes complete sense!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at September 21, 2023 03:25 AM (42oo1)

343
Sam Goldwyn, the "G" in MGM, also said a lot of similar Crazy Shit. You could say Yogi was the Sam Goldwyn of baseball, or that Sam was the Yogi Berra of Hollywood.

Some Goldwynisms:

"A verbal contract ain't worth the paper it's written on." "Anybody who'd go to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined". "Nobody should write their autobiography until after they're dead." "Our comedies are not to be laughed at!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 03:29 AM (Mzdiz)

344
Dorothy Parker also had some interesting interactions with Sam Goldwyn. Look that up, it's a hoot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 03:31 AM (Mzdiz)

345
And perhaps the greatest Goldwynism: "Spare no expense to save money!"

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 03:32 AM (Mzdiz)

346
My favorite Yogi-ism: Someone asked Yogi, "Hey, Yogi, what time is it?"

Yogi replied, "You mean right now?"

Yogi was no astrophysicists, no Time Lord. He did not know the nuances of the Significance of the Passage of Time. However, he intuited it.

Indeed, "you mean right now?' is a most relevant question. If you want to know what time it is, right now, well that takes time to define precisely. Depends on what you mean by "what time is it".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 03:37 AM (Mzdiz)

347 Night Horde, sleep is beckoning and I shall oblige.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at September 21, 2023 03:39 AM (Sgq8y)

348
As far as political messages an shit in films, Sam had a good quote about that: "You want to send a message, call Western Union, don't call me."

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (Mzdiz) at September 21, 2023 03:42 AM (Mzdiz)

349 @deaidua

Interesting phrase from the current press release regarding the new German 400 million euro package. There they have again announced the delivery of 50 Unmanned surface vessels.

The wording of the sentence suggests that these are not surveillance drones but drones for attacks.

Posted by: 13times at September 21, 2023 03:44 AM (oZNL5)

350 Time to get moving

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 03:47 AM (fwDg9)

351 Morning, insomniacals! Thanks to a certain large black cat, I'm up earlier than I planned. Coffee will help. Writing group tonight -- my last for a while; I'm done with a certain member's ignorant pontifications -- and I *may* call in sick on Friday. Things are quiet at the electron mine. And in any case? I don't care.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at September 21, 2023 03:57 AM (omVj0)

352 306 Paxton with Tucker Carlson.
I think the link will work for non twitter persons, it did for me.

https://tinyurl.com/3ue54mbz
Posted by: Braenyard at September 21, 2023 02:12 AM (htCHP)

That interview is great! I could watch hours and hours of those guys on these topics.

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 03:59 AM (ASp1y)

353 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at September 21, 2023 04:02 AM (ASp1y)

354 TECH THREAD IS UP

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

355 That's my line

Posted by: Skip at September 21, 2023 04:02 AM (fwDg9)

356 I was have a good time reading the quotes. Next there was the fucking Ukraine beggar making me want to puke but then the reading not the watching of the "almost genius award" of a bunch of jerkoffs made my think twice about some of the shit I see on here.

Posted by: just saying at September 21, 2023 06:23 AM (hGlnS)

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